Senior Technical Designer

Relic is an award-winning developer of genre-defining strategy games including Homeworld, Company of Heroes, and Age of Empires IV. We have delivered rich interactive experiences for over 25 years, and we’re proud to continue making games that bring joy to our players.    

We are looking for a Senior Technical Designer to join our team to work closely with Gameplay Designers and Programmers across the studio.

As a Senior Technical Designer, you will…

• Be a technical design expert; a strong implementor who can work with gameplay programmers and designers to translate design intention into realized gameplay
• Collaborate with programmers to identify the requirements and workflows for tools and systems
• Understand how to break down functional requirements of a feature
• Drive best practices for design implementation and mentor other Designers
• Safeguard feature requirements and development from implementation risk 

You’re a good fit if you have…  

• Experience as a Technical Designer in games in a role that worked closely with other disciplines such as Designers, Artists, Programmers, and Producers
• Expertise in establishing best practices and working with design to implement
• Experience establishing or improving tools/systems used by other team members
• Worked with visual scripting, scripting languages, decision trees, and state machines
• Scripting experience and knowledge (e.g., C++, C#, Lua, Python)
• Strong communication skills that include documentation and mentoring others
• A desire to learn, share, and grow with us 

It’s a bonus if you have… 

• Work experience with Lua
• Experience with real-time strategy games
• The ability to comprehend C++ code
• Previous experience shipping AAA games

Are you game? We’d like to hear from you!  

We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer and value our diverse workplace. We strongly encourage applications from women, Indigenous and racialized peoples, LGBTQ2S+ individuals, and people with disabilities. Our studio is made up of people with a wide variety of backgrounds and life experiences because it makes us better, and helps our games tell stories to our whole audience.   

Compensation

The salary range for this position in British Columbia is between $102,000 and $131,750 CAD a year based on a 40-hour work week. The salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, knowledge, skills and competencies, and business or organizational needs. 

Why join Relic? 

Relic offers an extended benefits package, RRSP/DPSP matching program (subject to eligibility requirements), and annual paid holiday studio closure. We put a huge priority on mental and physical wellbeing: each Relican has access to an annual Health and Wellness Spending Account, as well as an Employee and Family Assistance Program providing access to resources and support around mental health, financial well-being, family care, elder care, and more.

Relic respectfully acknowledges that we're located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. 

Please apply through our careers page (www.relic.com) and we will be in touch shortly to let you know about the next steps.  Thank you for considering a role with Relic!